62 RAPTORES. PERNIS. Buzzard. 



The nearest approach to this genus (and by which it be- 

 comes closely allied to the other Buzzards) appears to be 

 Buteo Lagopus, where a covering of small downy feathers is 

 visible beneath the projecting hairs. The habits of its mem- 

 bers, as might be expected, are in unison with this modifica- 

 tion or departure from the typical character of the family, 

 being still less fierce and predatory ; subsisting almost whol- 

 ly upon insects (particularly those of the Hyvienopterous 

 and Neuropterous orders) and the smaller reptiles. Their 

 form is lengthened and gracefvil, and, from the extent of 

 their wings and tail, they fly with great buoyancy and ease. 

 Their plumage partakes of the softness belonging to the 

 other birds of this subfamily. 



HONEY BUZZARD. 



Pern IS apivorus, Cuv. 



PLATE VIII. 



Pernis apivorus, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 322 Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 52. No. 17- 



Falco apivorus, Linn. Syst. 1. sp. 130. — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 207, sp- 28. — 



Lath. Ind. Oniith. 1. 25. 52 — Briss. 1. p. 410 — Id. 8vo, p. \\^.^Rai^, 



Syn. IG. 2.—Muller, No. 68. 

 Falco Poliorinchos, Bechst. Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 19. 

 Buse Bondree, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 1. p. 67. 2d ed. 

 La Bondree, Buff. Ois. 1. p. 208.— /rf. PI. Enl. 420. a yearling bird. 

 Wespen Buzzard, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 39 — Id. Vbg, Liv. und. 



Esthl. p. 12. 

 Honey Buzzard, Br. Zool. 1. No. 56 — Id. fol. 67. t. A. 4. and A. + 4 — 



Arct. Zool. 2. p. 224. I — Will. (Ang.) p. I'i. — Leivbi's Br. Birds, i. t. 1. 



—Lath. Syn. 1. p. 52 Sup. p. 14 — Albin. 1. t. 2 — Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



and Suppl Ptdt. Cat. Dorset Wale. Syn. i. t. 7 — Bewick's Br. Birds, 



1. 17.— White's Hist. Selb. 1. t. 7 — Shaw's Zool. v. 7- p- 114. 



Provincial, — Capped Buzzard. 



Rare visi- This rare and elegant species is easily to be distinguished 

 tant. f^Qjjj q\i jj-g congeners, by the small, round, and closely-set 



feathers that cover the space between the bill and eyes, which 

 space in the other species is either naked, or but thinly co- 

 vered with bristles or hairs. This peculiarity has induced 



